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Error: 'Create backup: CREATE DATABASE permission denied in database ‘master’. RESTORE HEADERONLY is terminating abnormally. Failed to create backup for “MicrOpay”' when backing up

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This error usually occurs when the user has not been assigned the correct security permissions on the SQL database. User require:

  • Server Roles – dbcreator and public (for BACKUP and RESTORE)

  • User Mapping – dbowner and public

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